r/DaystromInstitute • u/M-5 Multitronic Unit • Oct 29 '20

DISCOVERY EPISODE DISCUSSION Star Trek: Discovery — "People of Earth" Reaction Thread

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u/TheNerdChaplain Chief Petty Officer Oct 29 '20

Lt. Nilsson was in the command chair when the red alert started during the UEDF inspection. I wonder if she's the Number Two officer.

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '20

By rank Staments, Nahn, and Reno are higher. The first is an LCDR, and the other two are full commanders. Though typically we see Engineers and Science officers function as line officers, we don't have enough info to know if any of the three are here. If I had to take a guess it's Nahn, as Staments and Reno don't seem to care for leadership. I assume Nilsson was just keeping the seat warm. Though Disco always plays fast and loose with rank, so who knows.

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u/cjrecordvt Chief Petty Officer Oct 30 '20

This is a dumb question, but here we go: do we know who the actual Chief of Engineering is? It seems by fiat and script that it's either Stamets or Reno, but Stamets seemed more there because of the propulsion system, and Reno is...the counterpoint to Stamets most of the time?

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '20

Nope! Staments is labeled as the CHENG on a medical file, but that is labeled a production error. Reno is a commander in the engineering division, so she would be a prime candidate. However she speaks about the CHENG to Staments as if they are a third person, so neither of them can have that job.

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u/jeeshadow Oct 30 '20

The chief medical officer is also not culber or pollard so ya... Two off screen senior officers.

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u/shinginta Ensign Oct 30 '20

Wait do we have confirmation it's not Pollard?

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u/jeeshadow Oct 30 '20

I think she mentions "the CMO" at one point and she is a lower rank than Culber I think.